542 Johnson, Birds of Lake Co., Minn. [ 0c t. 



Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.). Pied-billed Grebe. The only re- 

 cord I have for this species is one for August 18, 1914, when a single in- 

 dividual was seen in the Isabelle River about a mile below Rice Lake. 



Gavia immer (Brunn.) Loon. During the month of July Loons 

 were occasionally seen or heard in Farm Lake and in Gabro and Bald 

 Eagle lakes. During August and early September they were plentiful 

 in the Isabelle Lake region, where we were encamped at that season. 



Larus argentatus Pont. Herring Gull. 1912: August 5, a Herring 

 Gull was seen at Lake Bald Eagle. 1914: During the first week of July 

 a pair of Herring Gulls was daily seen on a flat rock near the south shore 

 of Clear Lake. By the time we had made our portage into this lake these 

 birds had apparently left the locality, but on the rock was found a large 

 nest of mosses, grasses and small twigs, which had the appearance of hav- 

 ing been recently abandoned. In the month of August several Herring 

 Gulls were seen on one occasion on a small rocky island in Lake Isabelle. 



Mergus americanus (Cass.). American Merganser. 1912: June 

 27, two newly hatched ducklings were taken from among a brood of eight 

 or ten, on the North Kawishiwi River at the lower end of the long rapids 

 below the fork. July 1, a brood, with the female, was observed near the 

 North Kawishiwi-Clear Lake portage; August 29, an adult male and two 

 females were shot on the Isabelle river a short distance below Isabelle 

 Lake. 1914: One brood of young and several adult birds were seen dur- 

 ing the first week of July, near "Dead Man's Rapids" on the North Kaw- 

 ishiwi; July 28, a female with a large brood of young somewhat more than 

 h'alf-grown was observed at the rapids at the upper end of Lake Gabro. 

 1915: Two broods of young were seen July 8, on the South Kawishiwi 

 opposite Clear Lake. August 30, several small flocks, evidently separate 

 broods, were observed on Lake Isabelle. 



Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.). Hooded Merganser. 1912: June 

 27, two adult females were shot on the North Kawishiwi near the Clear- 

 Lake portage trail; August 29, a male and female were shot on the Isabelle 

 river midway to Lake Bald Eagle. 1915: August 7, a female with a brood 

 of half-grown young was seen on the upper Perent river; August 30, a 

 number of flocks of Hooded Mergansers, one of which contained 25 to 30 

 birds, were seen on the Isabelle river a short distance below Isabelle Lake. 



Clangula clangula americana Bonap. Golden-eye. 1912: July 

 1, an adult female was shot on the North Kawishiwi river about three 

 miles west of the Clear Lake portage; July 17, two females with broods 

 were seen at the rapids of the Gabro Lake outlet; July 23, a female with 

 a brood of nine young was seen on the South Kawishiwi opposite Clear 

 Lake; August 20, an adult male was shot on the Isabelle river near Rice 

 Lake, and another near Lake Isabelle. 1914: July 11, an adult female was 

 seen at the Gabro Lake outlet; July 20, a young female was shot from 

 among a brood of three accompanied by the female, near the long rapids 

 of the North Kawishiwi river. 1915: July 9, a female with a small brood 



